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Discover Central Division

Columbus Blue Jackets

2020–21·18–26–12·48 points·8th in the Discover Central

Points
48#27
Goal differential
−50#29
xGF% (5v5, adj.)
45.6%#27
Power play
15.4%#27
Penalty kill
78.9%#21
GSAx
−15.4#28

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.

Home2811–9–8300.54839045.9%
Away287–17–4180.32519445.3%
January104–3–3110.55232747.4%
February134–7–2100.38384844.5%
March146–5–3150.54314046.4%
April142–10–260.21275242.7%
May52–1–260.60151750.8%
Division rivals5618–26–12480.4313418445.6%
Rest of conference00–0–00–00–
Other conference00–0–00–00–
DET84–3–190.56182246.5%
TBL83–3–280.50242440.5%
CAR83–3–280.50202846.1%
CHI82–3–370.44222753.2%
DAL83–4–170.44172943.4%
NSH82–5–150.31172345.6%
FLA81–5–240.25163143.3%

On the road

19,480 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

2021-01-14: to Nashville, 537 km (L)2021-01-18: to Detroit, 758 km (W)2021-01-21: to Columbus, 264 km (OTL)2021-01-29: to Chicago, 446 km (W)2021-02-02: to Columbus, 446 km (L)2021-02-11: to Chicago, 446 km (W)2021-02-15: to Raleigh, 1,027 km (L)2021-02-18: to Columbus, 596 km (W)2021-02-27: to Nashville, 537 km (L)2021-03-02: to Columbus, 537 km (W)2021-03-04: to Dallas, 1,469 km (W)2021-03-09: to Columbus, 1,469 km (L)2021-03-18: to Raleigh, 596 km (OTW)2021-03-22: to Columbus, 596 km (L)2021-03-27: to Detroit, 264 km (L)2021-03-30: to Tampa, 1,602 km (W)2021-04-03: to Sunrise, 289 km (L)2021-04-06: to Columbus, 1,556 km (W)2021-04-15: to Dallas, 1,469 km (L)2021-04-19: to Sunrise, 1,755 km (L)2021-04-22: to Tampa, 289 km (L)2021-04-27: to Columbus, 1,338 km (SOW)2021-05-01: to Raleigh, 596 km (OTL)2021-05-03: to Columbus, 596 km (OTL)NashvilleDetroitColumbusChicagoRaleighDallasTampaSunrise
Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)
Back-to-back
9 GP · 3–4–2 · 1 vs fresher opponent
44.4%
39.2%
1 day
35 GP · 12–18–5 · 4 vs fresher opponent
41.4%
46.2%
2 days
9 GP · 2–3–4 · 3 vs fresher opponent
44.4%
47.8%
3+ days
2 GP · 1–0–1 · 0 vs fresher opponent
75.0%
50.9%

Pulling the goalie

29 times this season the Blue Jackets were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

0:001:002:003:004:00Down 1Down 2+time left when the goalie came off →
Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Blue Jackets in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
Expected goals share
44.2%
45.1%
Goals share
42.1%
40.5%
Shooting %
8.2%
8.9%
Save %
.904
.889